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Where does “hơn” come from?

hơn (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer hən, from Proto-Turkic ēn — breadth, width.

hơn (Vietnamese): than; more, more than; to be more than, to be...

Definitions

  1. than; more, more than; to be more than, to be...

Ancestry of “hơn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerhən—
2Proto-Turkicēnbreadth, width

Words derived from “hơn”

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